title: Trends in electric bike-related injury in China, 2004-2010.
abstract: This study describes electric bike-related injuries from 2004 to 2010, and suggests injury prevention strategies to reduce electric bike-related injuries in China and other countries. Electric bike-related injuries data were obtained from the Bureau of Traffic Management at the Ministry of Public Security. Linear regression was used to identify statistically significant trends in electric bike-related injuries over the period. The results showed electric bike-related nonfatal injury rate had increased almost 4-fold and mortality rate increased 6-fold from 2004 to 2010. Linear regression showed a significant increase of 0.23 per 100 000 population per year (95% confidence interval = 0.18-0.29, P < .001) in the casualty rate from electric bike-related road traffic injuries. China will face new challenges arising from electric bike-related injuries. Programs need to be developed to prevent nonfatal injuries and fatalities caused by electric bike-related crashes in this country.
authors.affiliation: Southeast University, Nanjing, China The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA xjzhang@seu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xujun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Mengjing
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Lorann
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stallones
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Huiyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001642:Bicycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
keywords: China; bicycles; electric bikes; fatalities; road traffic injuries